A stupid or foolish person; variant spelling of clodpole.
Alternative spelling of 'clodpole'; 'poll' is an older variant of 'pole' (meaning head or person), both forms appearing in early modern English.
The spelling variation shows how flexible Early Modern English was—writers would spell the same insult different ways because standardized spelling didn't exist yet.
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